{More} Grand Lake Ohio Photos...

 

Thought I should get one more August post out...so here goes:
 

I have been getting up early and out to the lake more often of late.  After a year or so of seldom getting my lazy, aging, ass out of the sack, I finally figured "Use it or Lose it"...so with 2 or 3 cameras in hand, including the new Canon Rebel T7i, a lightweight camera that I'm sure the "Professionals" would shun...but hey, I'm not a professional in anything these 98% personal retired times, so "What the Hell"?...it's lightweight and easy to use, even more so than the Nikon.

The photo on the top I took yesterday and it was a hit on the right wing social media site, getting several hundred "Likes" and even posted by the admins of the GAB site, so I thought it should be posted here and on a couple of other places as well....

My wildlife photos of late have not been that great, for the most part but I have managed a few decent shots...No descriptions given on needed, IMO...just sharing, but all have been taken in the past week.  Next up, talk about the new Generator, which might be needed in case of a weather or Biden fuck up...and let's be honest, that Demented Son of a Bitch, is as fucked as it gets...Offended?  If you are, you're in the wrong blog...

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Summer Check In/Up part #2

 I would be remiss after yesterday's post if I didn't mention Grandson #1 in addition to his younger brother and their sport exploits this summer...just a reminder however, both of these boys {that also have a younger Grandson #3 Brother who is not quite 17 months old} are also excellent students and well above where they should be on that scale...why?  Well because they are home schooled 3 days a week and go to a solid, not phony, Christian School, the other 2 school days a week...so, in addition to improving in the sports world, they are not Public School Indoctrinated...any parent with the means to send their kids to a good private school, or home school them should do so...even my wife, a public school teacher for 35 years agrees with that...OK on to the sports redux.

K~Man turns 11 in November and although I think he could be a great baseball player, for some reason, probably a less than satisfying experience the first couple of years in coach pitch, has moved on to soccer and swimming, the latter he is quickly becoming a top gun at...Winning multiple events at the Dayton Area Championships,  including the 25 meter Breast by a finger nail in the photo at the top{he is in the middle with blue skull cap, all photos by PRH}.

Kasyn aka:  "K~Man" was also top scorer on his rec soccer team...scoring 18 out of his team's 25 or so goals.

Meanwhile "Kam" {Kamdyn} in addition to being, at this point turning 8 on August 15th, an excellent baseball player, is also doing well at swimming, but not yet on the level of his older brother, but time will see improvement, I am sure.  

In addition to the top photo we have Kruz posing for me on our front porch in July. Kasyn heading towards the goal, Kam in the 25 meter Free Style, Kasyn showing off his first place finishes, and Kam in baseball action.

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Summer Check Up/In

 I don't post much these days...politics is boring, nothing is going to change, not for the better at least, regardless of who sits in the White House...although few could be worse that that Demented Son of a Bitch who is hiding in the Basement of our WH with his 3rd case of the phony COVID in the past couple of weeks...

Anyway Summer moves along, Patricia and I will head down to Brown County, Indiana, to our cabin retreat next week, we missed out last year, the first time in nearly a decade, so we will spend an extra day or two to make up this time around..

Grandson #2, Kam, was rewarded for his Baseball Skills this week at the Reds Camp he attended earlier this Summer...Kam won the 7/8 year old division at the Centerville Regional, then had to wait till early this week to see if he finished in the top 10 overall out of 17 camps and about 350 first and second graders...he did, coming in 10th place overall to slide into the Champions Competition at Great American Ball Park, following the Brewers/Reds game in Cincinnati on September 25th...needless to say he, his dad, my youngest son, and Old Grandpa are pretty happy...it's been a great summer for both the older grandsons ...in baseball, soccer, and swimming.

Other than those items, I have a few things in store, perhaps a Motorcycle Dual Sport run with Nick, we just have not decided where we will ride, perhaps the Ozarks, this time around. Buckeye Football at Northwestern with oldest son, Sam in early November, and a trip to Florida, to see a couple old friends, and perhaps do some fall fishing...although I have not set up a date or even month, for that.  And there is always the Kokomo Vietnam Reunion in Mid September...not sure how many days, I will stay, weather will tell me alot....

Speaking of Vietnam and old buddies...I've got to say a prayer for my old Dover AFB/Vietnam Buddy, Howie "Pritch"...seems his Agent Orange related cancer is getting worse and he will have to get more done, hopefully the VA will help out and give him the upgrade he needs...

Pritch, my and Patricia's Prayers are with you...

Photos-Pritch and me in 2012 meeting for the first time since we departed Dover Delaware AFB for Vietnam in 1969...the Brown County, Indiana, Cabin, Kam, the Grandson Swinging for the fences at 7 years old....and bottom photo {above} Jack Gates, Howie Pritchard, and PRH, at the Dayton Wright Patterson Reunion in 2016...the first time all 3 of us had been together since 1969, although I had seen Jack in Vietnam, in Saigon back in 1970, and Pritch at the aforementioned 2012 meeting when visiting my oldest son outside Chicago in 2012...

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